Tennessee Williams & New Orleans Literary Festival
There are presently no open calls for submissions.
- All of our contests open May 1 with October deadlines.
- The mission of the TWFest Writing Contest is to promote new work from emerging artists.
- The mission of the SASFest Writing Contest is to promote and publish new work by LGBTQ+ writers.
- TWFest hosts contests in one-act playwriting, short fiction, poetry, and very short fiction.
- SASFest hosts contests in short fiction and poetry.
- TWFest is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit arts organization. SASFest is a program of TWFest.
- We welcome submissions from around the world.
- Submissions must be original work and not published in any way.
- Please review our contest guidelines carefully to avoid disqualification.
- Our next Festival dates are March 25 - 29, 2026 (TWFest) and March 27 - 29, 2026 (SASFest).